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Title: Music - over 6,000 years ago in India
Post by: uncloned on April 22, 2009, 21:31:39

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3520384.stm

Title: Music - over 6,000 years ago in India
Post by: Sam_Zen on April 22, 2009, 22:48:10

Very nice, Clones..! Rock music indeed.
Thousands of years ago there was an official percussion instrument in China, with granite stones of different sizes hanging from ropes in a construction like the tubular bells nowadays.

Title: Music - over 6,000 years ago in India
Post by: uncloned on April 22, 2009, 23:42:50

wow! I wish I could hear that - and these rocks in India

Title: Music - over 6,000 years ago in India
Post by: Sam_Zen on April 23, 2009, 00:35:47

Checked out : The chinese instrument is called 'Bianqing'.
This instrument category is called 'Lithophones'. See the Wiki about it :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithophone

Such instruments are also used quite recently :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtHRPqFDg1k

Title: Music - over 6,000 years ago in India
Post by: uncloned on April 23, 2009, 00:46:36

wow! that is cool!!!

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